A Purple Sky Moon

December 14, 2014

The last time I was at Cherry Creek, I photographed an amazing migration of Canada Goose. Shortly after that episode, the skies turned some of the most vibrant and unusual colors, fading from a bright orange right at the horizon, to reddish above the mountains, to various shades of pink and purple and deep violet overhead. As I looked up, there hung the half moon, crisp and stark against this sea of royal colors.

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It is an unusual natural color and yet may sunsets have unbelievably purple hues sometimes. Our planet is graced by a divine color palette isn’t it? I took a picture of a sun rise one time and shared it with a friend who advised me the colors were due to pollution in the atmosphere. Hmmm well, maybe, but it was due to natural particles in the air….or desert sand from Africa? No matter the earth is full of natural glory.

I honestly don’t know why, but it was a pretty amazing sky that day. This whole colorful gradient, from a bright yellow orange at the horizon to the magenta and deep purple hues back where the moon was. I don’t see that kind of thing often, but I’d say it was pretty divine. 🙂